Christos Gage talks 'Sunset'

Christos Gage has discussed his Top Cow miniseries Sunset.

The Absolution and Avengers: The Initiative writer's six-issue miniseries previewed in The Darkness #78.

Sunset tells the story of retired war veteran Nick Bellamy, who finds himself haunted by ghosts from his past.

Gage explained the inspiration behind the series to Newsarama, saying: "It came from two places. A trip to old Vegas several years ago - the gritty, no nonsense Vegas of Fremont Street - and a number of true-life stories that my wife Ruth and I had noticed about older people who, for want of better words, kick ass.

"There was one about a Korean War vet who was buying something at a convenience store when a young man tried to grab his money and the older man laid him out with one punch. Turns out he was a former Golden Gloves champ."

He continued: "A 74-year-old senior citizen in New York, when confronted by a 32-year-old robber wielding a tire iron, got out of his car, took the weapon away from the man and chased him through a parking lot.

"So we got to thinking about what it would be like to do a story about people in this age group... a hard-edged, noir-ish action epic... sort of a modern Wild Bunch."

Sunset is illustrated by Jorge Lucas (Iron Man, The Incredible Hulk) and will debut in 2010.